Wednesday, December 23, 2009

NT YULETIDE MESSAGE GIVES OFFENCE

Anger has been expressed over what at first seems to be a seemingly harmless email featuring views of Christmas trees around the world . There are magnificent views of Christmas trees in the White House , Tokyo, Italy, Moscow , Lisbon , Paris, Czechoslovakia , London, etc. The cause of the anger are two shots added to the sideshow of an Indigenous Christmas tree in Central Australia decorated with wine cask bladders and packaging, with empty beer cans and bottles scattered round about. It seems the email was posted by people in a government agency who should have been more sensitive